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UCLA faculty voice: Body mass index perpetuates stigmas and indicates little about health
UCLA A. Janet Tomiyama A. Janet Tomiyama is assistant professor of psychology in the UCLA College. Jeffrey Hunger is a doctoral candidate of psychology at UC Santa Barbara. This op-ed appeared March 7 in Zócalo Public Square. You’ve just returned from your morning run and you’re rustling through your snail mail when you receive some shocking news — an official memo from your employer informing you that your health insurance premium is increasing by 30 percent. You’ve been deemed a health risk, and you are being charged accordingly. Yet you’re the picture of health: A run is part of your daily routine, you passe...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 1, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news